Lens vs Ajaccio Preview & Prediction 27 May 2023

A good game and three points is the only event that will suffice for the Lens regulars in this Stade Bollaert-Delelis clash with Ajaccio, as they have a solid lead on the away team in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:

Lens have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Ligue 1
Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (22) in Ligue 1

The season is still full of potential for Lens as they can still win the whole Ligue 1. Ajaccio are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic game!

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Lens form and stats

16-1-1 is the performance here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis so far in the Ligue 1, giving Lens a total of 49 from their 18 games here. Outstanding results! Lens has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. We remember; it was Lille.

A good away victory last time out for Lens, who won 3-1 against Lorient (placed 10th). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Fofana, having scored in three matches in a row. The attacker Sotoca was announced as "man of the match" for Lens with the rating of 8.34/10. Sotoca scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Reims in a game that was won 2-1.

Goal fest? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.

Goals decide football matches and Lens are scoring many of them at home; 38 on target from 18 league matches. From these home matches, Lens have conceded only 13 goals.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ajaccio so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-13 (win-draw-lose). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Ajaccio in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Angers SCO.

Ajaccio are looking to quickly end their 464 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.

Home advantage was not enough for Ajaccio in their previous game as they lost hosting Rennes, 0-5. Ajaccio lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Attacker Idrissy got a player rating of 6.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Idrissy dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Paris Saint Germain's place.

Look out: 9 of the last 11 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ajaccio as they have only managed to score 13 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Ajaccio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Ajaccio has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Lens and Ajaccio have faced each other already this season: Ajaccio - Lens 0-0. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Lens won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Ajaccio managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

L. Openda

19 goals

S. Fofana

7 goals

F. Sotoca

7 goals

Lens missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Lens				Ajaccio
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
23	16	6	Won	W	1	3	6
9	1	0	Drew	D	0	2	5
4	1	0	Lost	L	4	13	25
62	38	13	Scored	S	4	13	22
28	13	4	Conceded	C	18	41	71
92%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	100%	92%
67%	72%	67%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	83%	69%
53%	67%	67%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	100%	67%	53%
25%	22%	33%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	40%	22%	22%
8%	11%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	40%	11%	11%
56%	56%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	50%	36%
39%	39%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	6%	14%
14%	6%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	44%	58%

5.3	5.2	5.8	Corners for (avg)	C F	3.2	3.4	3.4
4.3	4.4	2.7	Corners against (avg)	C A	7	5.1	4.3
1.6	1.4	1.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.8	2.6	2.3
3	1	0	Red cards	R C	1	5	10

14.2	14.1	14	Shots (avg)	S (	6.8	7.9	8.6
4.9	5.3	5.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.2	2.5	2.5
35%	40%	39%	Goal Efficiency	G E	36%	29%	24%

10.5	9.9	7	Shots against (avg)	S A	12.8	12.4	11.4
3.8	3.3	2.5	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	6.4	4.9	4.6

Lens			First Half	Ajaccio
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
17	10	5	Won	W	0	1	3
16	7	1	Drew	D	1	6	13
3	1	0	Lost	L	4	11	20
30	16	7	Scored	S	2	4	9
14	5	1	Conceded	C	12	21	38
64%	67%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	72%	67%
33%	33%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	33%	28%
22%	17%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	17%	17%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	6%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	6%	6%
22%	22%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	17%	11%
69%	72%	83%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	33%	39%
44%	39%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	78%	83%

Lens			Second Half	Ajaccio
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
17	12	3	Won	W	1	3	4
15	4	3	Drew	D	2	6	14
4	2	0	Lost	L	2	9	18
32	22	6	Scored	S	2	9	13
14	8	3	Conceded	C	6	20	33
78%	94%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	83%	72%
33%	39%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	56%	42%
11%	22%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	17%	11%
6%	11%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	6%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
25%	28%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	22%	17%
64%	61%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	33%	39%
33%	17%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	61%	72%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (22) in Ligue 1
Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Ligue 1
Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 1
Ajaccio have the the worst goal difference (-49) in Ligue 1
Ajaccio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Lens have scored more than double the goals of Ajaccio.
Lens have the fewest conceded goals (13) at home in Ligue 1
Lens have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Ligue 1
Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 1
Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Ligue 1
Lens have the most points (49) at home in Ligue 1
Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Paris Saint Germain	36	27	3	6	86	36	18	13	2	3	43	22	18	14	1	3	43	14	50	84
2	Lens	36	23	9	4	62	28	18	16	1	1	38	13	18	7	8	3	24	15	34	78
3	Olympique Marseille	36	22	7	7	66	37	18	10	4	4	34	22	18	12	3	3	32	15	29	73
4	Monaco	36	19	8	9	69	54	18	9	3	6	36	31	18	10	5	3	33	23	15	65
5	Lille	36	18	9	9	62	42	18	12	4	2	38	24	18	6	5	7	24	18	20	63
6	Rennes	36	19	5	12	65	38	18	14	0	4	41	14	18	5	5	8	24	24	27	62
7	Olympique Lyonnais	36	17	8	11	61	44	18	9	5	4	32	19	18	8	3	7	29	25	17	59
8	Clermont	36	15	8	13	40	47	18	8	3	7	18	28	18	7	5	6	22	19	-7	53
9	Nice	36	13	13	10	42	34	18	6	7	5	21	17	18	7	6	5	21	17	8	52
10	Lorient	36	14	10	12	50	50	18	8	4	6	24	20	18	6	6	6	26	30	0	52
11	Reims	36	12	15	9	44	39	18	8	6	4	27	20	18	4	9	5	17	19	5	51
12	Montpellier	36	14	5	17	60	58	18	7	3	8	27	26	18	7	2	9	33	32	2	47
13	Toulouse	36	12	8	16	48	55	18	6	5	7	26	26	18	6	3	9	22	29	-7	44
14	Brest	36	10	11	15	41	51	18	7	5	6	23	24	18	3	6	9	18	27	-10	41
15	Strasbourg	36	9	12	15	49	56	18	5	6	7	24	25	18	4	6	8	25	31	-7	39
16	Auxerre	36	8	10	18	33	59	18	5	7	6	17	25	18	3	3	12	16	34	-26	34
17	Nantes	36	6	15	15	35	53	18	4	8	6	19	26	18	2	7	9	16	27	-18	33
18	Troyes	36	4	11	21	43	78	18	1	10	7	18	29	18	3	1	14	25	49	-35	23
19	Ajaccio	36	6	5	25	22	71	18	3	3	12	9	30	18	3	2	13	13	41	-49	23
20	Angers SCO	36	3	6	27	31	79	18	2	3	13	18	35	18	1	3	14	13	44	-48	15

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Paris Saint Germain	36	27	3	6	86	36	18	13	2	3	43	22	18	14	1	3	43	14	50	84
2	Lens	36	23	9	4	62	28	18	16	1	1	38	13	18	7	8	3	24	15	34	78
3	Olympique Marseille	36	22	7	7	66	37	18	10	4	4	34	22	18	12	3	3	32	15	29	73
4	Monaco	36	19	8	9	69	54	18	9	3	6	36	31	18	10	5	3	33	23	15	65
5	Lille	36	18	9	9	62	42	18	12	4	2	38	24	18	6	5	7	24	18	20	63
6	Rennes	36	19	5	12	65	38	18	14	0	4	41	14	18	5	5	8	24	24	27	62
7	Olympique Lyonnais	36	17	8	11	61	44	18	9	5	4	32	19	18	8	3	7	29	25	17	59
8	Clermont	36	15	8	13	40	47	18	8	3	7	18	28	18	7	5	6	22	19	-7	53
9	Nice	36	13	13	10	42	34	18	6	7	5	21	17	18	7	6	5	21	17	8	52
10	Lorient	36	14	10	12	50	50	18	8	4	6	24	20	18	6	6	6	26	30	0	52
11	Reims	36	12	15	9	44	39	18	8	6	4	27	20	18	4	9	5	17	19	5	51
12	Montpellier	36	14	5	17	60	58	18	7	3	8	27	26	18	7	2	9	33	32	2	47
13	Toulouse	36	12	8	16	48	55	18	6	5	7	26	26	18	6	3	9	22	29	-7	44
14	Brest	36	10	11	15	41	51	18	7	5	6	23	24	18	3	6	9	18	27	-10	41
15	Strasbourg	36	9	12	15	49	56	18	5	6	7	24	25	18	4	6	8	25	31	-7	39
16	Auxerre	36	8	10	18	33	59	18	5	7	6	17	25	18	3	3	12	16	34	-26	34
17	Nantes	36	6	15	15	35	53	18	4	8	6	19	26	18	2	7	9	16	27	-18	33
18	Troyes	36	4	11	21	43	78	18	1	10	7	18	29	18	3	1	14	25	49	-35	23
19	Ajaccio	36	6	5	25	22	71	18	3	3	12	9	30	18	3	2	13	13	41	-49	23
20	Angers SCO	36	3	6	27	31	79	18	2	3	13	18	35	18	1	3	14	13	44	-48	15